noun

MEANING.

 Lentil

Example of use

Ilanda na cilemba filyo ifyawama saana MEANING  lentils and beans are very nice foods.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST:

busalala, butambo, cipini, kalinso, ilanda lya nce or ncesha, ilanda lya nkulu ilyakashika, ilanda lya nkulu ilyabuuta na ilyafiita.

 

PROVERBS.

PROVERB 1

1. Lilanda lyapona pa mupasa.

Literal translation

It is only a lentil that has fallen from an overloaded basket. (It is not very important.

Meaning 1

Said by a chief who has lost a few warriors in a battle.

Meaning 2

Also said of a death of a person not related to the family).

Bemba Meaning

Ukulufyafye cimofye mpo pafikwato ifingi tacisakamika saana. Ne mfumu iine teekuti isakamane nga muntufye umo aafwa palukuta lwaiko

PROVERB 2.

Katubi mufwa kwi landa, umwine ilanda ashala ne misoka.

Literal translation

The glutton died from eating too many lentils, and the one who gave them to him was charged with murder.

Meaning

Someone who gets a favour but does not bother to praise the one who gave him the favour

Bemba Meaning

E muntu uwafunuka; cikulu kuulya; tapoosa na mano ukwishiba nokutasha abalemuliisha.